Shivsundar R created KAFKA-19572: ------------------------------------ Summary: Fix NPE messages in ConsoleShareConsumer. Key: KAFKA-19572 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-19572 Project: Kafka Issue Type: Sub-task Reporter: Shivsundar R
If we gave an invalid bootstrap-server URL in the kafka-console-share-consumer command, then it throws NPE. {code:java} [2025-07-31 21:45:46,484] ERROR [ShareConsumer clientId=console-share-consumer, groupId=test_1] Failed to release assignment before closing consumer (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl) java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.events.ApplicationEventHandler.add(org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.events.ApplicationEvent)" because "this.applicationEventHandler" is null at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl.sendAcknowledgementsAndLeaveGroup(ShareConsumerImpl.java:936) ~[kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl.lambda$close$4(ShareConsumerImpl.java:882) ~[kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Utils.swallow(Utils.java:1042) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl.close(ShareConsumerImpl.java:881) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl.<init>(ShareConsumerImpl.java:335) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl.<init>(ShareConsumerImpl.java:209) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerDelegateCreator.create(ShareConsumerDelegateCreator.java:49) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaShareConsumer.<init>(KafkaShareConsumer.java:383) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaShareConsumer.<init>(KafkaShareConsumer.java:376) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaShareConsumer.<init>(KafkaShareConsumer.java:357) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.tools.consumer.ConsoleShareConsumer.run(ConsoleShareConsumer.java:75) [kafka-tools-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.tools.consumer.ConsoleShareConsumer.main(ConsoleShareConsumer.java:57) [kafka-tools-4.1.0.jar:?] [2025-07-31 21:45:46,487] ERROR [ShareConsumer clientId=console-share-consumer, groupId=test_1] Failed to stop finding coordinator (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl) java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.events.ApplicationEventHandler.add(org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.events.ApplicationEvent)" because "this.applicationEventHandler" is null at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl.stopFindCoordinatorOnClose(ShareConsumerImpl.java:915) ~[kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Utils.swallow(Utils.java:1042) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl.close(ShareConsumerImpl.java:883) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl.<init>(ShareConsumerImpl.java:335) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl.<init>(ShareConsumerImpl.java:209) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerDelegateCreator.create(ShareConsumerDelegateCreator.java:49) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaShareConsumer.<init>(KafkaShareConsumer.java:383) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaShareConsumer.<init>(KafkaShareConsumer.java:376) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaShareConsumer.<init>(KafkaShareConsumer.java:357) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.tools.consumer.ConsoleShareConsumer.run(ConsoleShareConsumer.java:75) [kafka-tools-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.tools.consumer.ConsoleShareConsumer.main(ConsoleShareConsumer.java:57) [kafka-tools-4.1.0.jar:?] [2025-07-31 21:45:46,488] ERROR [ShareConsumer clientId=console-share-consumer, groupId=test_1] Failed invoking acknowledgement commit callback (org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl) java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.events.CompletableEventReaper.reap(long)" because "this.backgroundEventReaper" is null at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl.processBackgroundEvents(ShareConsumerImpl.java:1107) ~[kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl.processBackgroundEvents(ShareConsumerImpl.java:1074) ~[kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl.handleCompletedAcknowledgements(ShareConsumerImpl.java:1023) ~[kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl.lambda$close$5(ShareConsumerImpl.java:886) ~[kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Utils.swallow(Utils.java:1042) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl.close(ShareConsumerImpl.java:885) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl.<init>(ShareConsumerImpl.java:335) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl.<init>(ShareConsumerImpl.java:209) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerDelegateCreator.create(ShareConsumerDelegateCreator.java:49) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaShareConsumer.<init>(KafkaShareConsumer.java:383) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaShareConsumer.<init>(KafkaShareConsumer.java:376) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaShareConsumer.<init>(KafkaShareConsumer.java:357) [kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.tools.consumer.ConsoleShareConsumer.run(ConsoleShareConsumer.java:75) [kafka-tools-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.tools.consumer.ConsoleShareConsumer.main(ConsoleShareConsumer.java:57) [kafka-tools-4.1.0.jar:?] [2025-07-31 21:45:46,490] ERROR Unknown error when running consumer: (org.apache.kafka.tools.consumer.ConsoleShareConsumer) org.apache.kafka.common.KafkaException: Failed to construct Kafka share consumer at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl.<init>(ShareConsumerImpl.java:338) ~[kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerImpl.<init>(ShareConsumerImpl.java:209) ~[kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ShareConsumerDelegateCreator.create(ShareConsumerDelegateCreator.java:49) ~[kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaShareConsumer.<init>(KafkaShareConsumer.java:383) ~[kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaShareConsumer.<init>(KafkaShareConsumer.java:376) ~[kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?] at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaShareConsumer.<init>(KafkaShareConsumer.java:357) ~[kafka-clients-4.1.0.jar:?]{code} This is because we are trying to close some resources which were not initialized due to invalid bootstrap-servers in the input. We need to ensure we check if the resources are null before closing them. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)